The Hidden Life of Rosa Parks - Kristen Mace | Library

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Throughout her life, Rosa Parks repeatedly challenged racial violence and the prejudiced systems protecting its perpetrators. Her refusal to move to the back of a segregated bus ignited a boycott that lasted 381 days and helped transform civil rights activism into a national movement. But this work came at an enormous risk— and a personal price. Riché D. Richardson details the life of Rosa Parks.

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLfbmepDd4c

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Rosa Parks’s husband Raymond Parks was in a group that advocated for the case related to

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Rosa Parks famously wrote the governor on behalf of

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In Montgomery, Rosa Parks worked as a ______ to help support her family

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Who was the other woman involved in the NAACP in Montgomery?

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When they moved from Montgomery in 1956, Rosa Parks and her family relocated to

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When her family left Montgomery, Rosa Parks was hired to work in the office of

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Rosa Parks is often described as a person who had “quiet strength.” How does her work challenge this description?

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How did Rosa Parks’s choice to remain seated bring about change in Montgomery and other places?

Additional Resources for you to Explore

Here are some additional resources to learn more about Rosa Parks:

Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute

Troy University Rosa Parks Museum

Tour of Rosa Parks Museum

The Henry Ford Organization

Rosa Parks: A Resource Guide at the Library of Congress

National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture